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TIL Samuel L. Jackson Once Held Martin Luther King Jr.'s Father Hostage During A Campus Protest

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l70pG TIL a 2017 study published in the Journal of Food Research found that blowing out the candles on a birthday cake resulted in a 1400% increase in bacteria on the frosting.
0dR6L TIL that sex surrogacy is a job and these surrogates help clients practise intimate physical contact, which can include penetration.
loe67 TIL that in 1665, the University of Cambridge temporarily closed due to the Bubonic plague. Isaac Newton had to work from home, where he used that time to develop calculus and the theory of gravity.
wLdGP TIL “Atheistic Satanists” have an interesting take on religion with their belief that “God is not an external entity, but rather something that each person creates as a projection of their own personality—a benevolent and stabilizing force in their life.”
ANQ8n TIL: After being synthesized by Heinrich Dreser of The Bayer company in 1895, heroin was originally used as a treatment for morphine addiction and The Bayer company marketed it by sending out free samples of it to the public